Chapter 425: The Zhao Family's Choice
"This ......" Wu Dart Master was stunned in place, looked at the white jade in his hand, and then looked at Lin Ji's smiling face, and was a little at a loss for a while.
This is the Zhao of the Liuli Zhao family of the three major families of the empire. Although the grace is no longer there, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is still covering the sky with one hand in Liuli City, can he climb into the relationship of the Liuli Zhao family? Wu Daoshi was a little in a trance, his brain was blank, he looked at Lin Ji a little blankly, and then nodded indiscriminately.
"Then thank you Brother Ang. Lin Ji gave up his hand, no longer paid attention to the angry face of the man on duty, and took Yi Hanlan's hand and walked into the carriage. When I got in the car, I didn't forget to turn around and remind the man on duty, "I'll let you kneel down and beg me to go into the city in a while." ”
"You ......" The face of the man on duty was pale, looking at the Wu Dart Master who disappeared in front of the city gate, there was already a chill behind him, he saw the piece of white jade that Lin Ji handed him, although he didn't see any special signal, but the cashier who took a look at the white jade was expensive, and the person who could take out such a piece of white jade would definitely not be small.
He regretted his arbitrary decision just now, but there was no room for regret at this time.
At this time, Wu Dart carefully pinched the piece of white jade in his hand, for fear of accidentally breaking it, he walked into the city gate in a trance, and walked towards Jinhua Street, which he had not been to several times in several years.
Although the name of Jinhua Street is magnificent, the entrance of the alley is very large, and there is a particularly obvious difference between this and other main streets, that is, the crowds of other streets form a sharp contrast with the tranquility here. Even the stone bricks on the ground seem to be much newer.
Although Wu Dart Master has not been here a few times, he is very familiar with this place, the luxurious carriages, the powerful and powerful people all live here, and how many people have been here once is proud, and it has become their talking point in a few years. And he was about to set foot on this street today, and he was about to pry open the door of the house in the deepest part of this street, and for a while he was born with a sense of pride.
The street was long, but it was extremely clean, and Wu walked quickly, but he still walked for a long time.
He stopped in front of the largest mansion in this glazed city, and after sighing at the majesty of the stone lion at the door, he knocked on the door of the Zhao mansion.
"Who is it, do you know where this is?" The Zhao family's little servant, who was guarding the door, opened the door of the mansion and glanced at Wu Dart, who was dressed in the rivers and lakes, with a look of disdain in his eyes, the Zhao family rarely had contact with the people in the rivers and lakes, and after the death of the old master, the new head of the family did not have much contact with the people in the rivers and lakes, so the first reaction of this little guy was that this person knocked on the wrong door.
"I know, I know, of course I know, this little brother, I am the dart master of the Longtu Dart Bureau in the east of the city, and I came here to ask to see the head of the family. Wu Dart Master said with a smile on his face, he tried his best to maintain his demeanor, for fear that because of himself, Lin Ji would not be able to get the help that Zhao Mansion deserved.
"Looking for our master?" the little guy smiled and said, "Just tell me what's the matter." "This little guy is in a good mood today, so I still barely listen to him. If it had been coaxed away by him.
"There are two people from your house in front of the city gate, who are now with our dart team, and they can't bring weapons into the city because of clerical problems, and he said that I should hand over this jade pendant to the house, and someone will help him. Master Wu's face was full of sincerity, and this was spreading out this jade pendant from his hand.
The little guy took a closer look at the jade pendant and confirmed that there was no such jade pendant in the house, but he also saw that the jade pendant was very valuable, so he didn't dare to make a decision. He stretched out his hand and took the jade pendant, frowned and said to Master Wu, "You wait here, I'll report to the head of the family." Then he turned and closed the door, and trotted in.
"Good, good. Wu Dart Master nodded and said.
It's really a dog's eye to look down on people, even the Zhao family's little servant has such a demeanor, Wu Dart Master smiled bitterly, and stood quietly on the stone steps at the door. Waiting for news from the house.
"The head of the house. The little guy guarding the door took the jade pendant and threw it to the Zhao family's study.
"What's the matter?" the official who was standing at the door of the study frowned when he saw the little guy who was running in a panic and asked.
"There is a person from the Longtu Dart Bureau outside the door who said that there are two people from our house outside the city who can't enter the city because they don't carry documents, and I hope we can go out of the city to pick them up. After speaking, the little maid handed over the jade pendant.
"This is not my Zhao Mansion's jade pendant, can't you recognize it?" The official family knew that the family master's mood was not very good these days, so he still didn't want to disturb him about these little things.
"This ......" the little servant took the order, took the jade pendant, and walked towards the outside of the house.
But after turning around, the official seemed to suddenly think of something, and he called out to the little servant.
"Bring the jade pendant. The butler took the jade pendant again and looked at it carefully. As if thinking of something, he frowned. "You wait outside the door, I'll go inside. ”
"Yes. The little guy was a little stunned, but he still stood obediently at the door.
The official pushed open the wooden door of the study, and there was a strong smell of Chinese medicine and a deep coughing sound.
"The head of the house. Someone's coming. The official handed the jade pendant to the man sitting at the desk.
Zhao Jincheng seems to be much haggard compared with a few years ago, the huge family needs to be taken care of, it is somewhat difficult for him, at first there were no subordinates who were willing to use their hands, everything needs to be done by himself, and the rest time is not too much, so there are many large and small problems in the body.
But the most important thing is indeed the secret suppression of the imperial court, because he used to be too close to Canghai City, so after Canghai City became independent, the Liuli Zhao family was immediately affected, and even some were excluded from the three major families by the imperial court.
For a while, Zhao Jincheng also felt that his original choice seemed to be wrong, but he deeply knew that if there was no Lin Ji, then he would never have a chance to sit in the position of the head of the family, and he might not know which tree he had been buried in. Since he has chosen, he has no regrets, so in the past few years, no matter how difficult it is, he has come over resolutely.
He believed that things would always get better one day, but fortunately, the Zhao family's power in Liuli City was too big, so it was not affected too much.
"Who is it?" Zhao Jincheng put down the brush in his hand, and then rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.
"Those who shouldn't be there. "The housekeeper has followed Zhao Jincheng for many years, of course he knows what happened that year, but he still feels that the timing of their appearance does not seem right.
"Someone who shouldn't be there. Zhao Jincheng was stunned for a moment, and breathed a long sigh of relief, he saw the jade pendant on the desk. The jade pendant is very white, it is a white jade that only exists in Canghai City, and there are obviously not many pieces of such pure white in this world.
"He came in person. A gleam flashed in Zhao Jincheng's eyes.
"How so?" said the butler in surprise.
"Yes, I know his character, although he is adventurous, he will have a better chance of success. Zhao Jincheng thought about Lin Ji, who was still a teenager that year, and a chill rose behind him.
"So what should we do. "The housekeeper is also a person who has seen the world, and this is a little at a loss.
"Do you know? When a person is in a desperate situation, if you help him, he will be grateful to you for a long time, which is why the Liuli Zhao family became the three major families of the Han Dynasty. Zhao Jincheng's eyes were deep, and he seemed to have made a decision.
"But the head of the family, our relationship with the imperial court has just eased, so rashly contacting the people of Canghai City is not a waste of our previous efforts?"
"Ease, our emperor is suspicious by nature, and even his own queen can enter the cold palace, let alone our Zhao family. He just doesn't have the energy to take care of us for the time being. Our future and destiny still depend on ourselves. Zhao Jincheng's hands clenched on the desk, making a clicking sound, and his eyes finally lit up with dazzling brilliance again, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, of course he would not allow the Zhao family to go to mediocrity in his own hands, even if it was destroyed, he had to gamble vigorously.